98 Discomycetse, Pezizaceaj, HyalopLragmifE; Masseea. 



Hdb. ad culmos putridos Andropogonis, Newfield N. Y. 

 Amer. bor. (Ellis). ^ 



PSOROTHECIOPSIS Rehm — Syll. XVI p. 746. — Observante cl. 

 Eehm in litt., gen. Asterothyrium Miill. (Lich. epiphylli novi, 1890) 

 partim huo spectat et partim ad Marchaliam Sacc. 1889. 



1. Psorotheciopsls decipiens Rehm — Syll. XVI, p. 746. — var. -^511 

 blspora Rehm, Hedw. XLIV, (1905) fig. 9. — Ascis piriformibus, 

 sessilibus, versus apicem elongatis 80^40, bisporis; sporidiis de- 

 mum 50-60^25-30. 



Hdb. in foliis Guatterite australis, Blumenau Brasiliie 

 (E. Ule). 



Sect. 4. Hyalophragmia;. 



PUTTEMANSIA P. Henn. Fungi S. Paulenses I in Hedw. 1902, p. 112 

 (Etym. a Puttemans, priefecto soc. geographicio et geologicic S. Pau- 

 lensis Brasilige). — Ascomata Ccuspitose erumpentia, carnosa, sub- 

 globosa dein cupulata, colorata, villo omnino vostita. Asci clavati, 

 paraphysati, octospori, sporidia fusoidea 3-septata, basi rostrata, 

 hyalina subHaviduIa. 



1. Puttemansia lanosa P. Henn. I. c cum tab. fig. a. b. c. — Ciespi- 3542 

 tulis opiphyllis, epidcrmide fissa velatis, erumpentibus, villo albo 

 omnino tectis, 0,5-1 mm. diam., ascomatibus 2-10, subglobosis, 

 clausis, dein subcupulatis, carnosulis, flavo-aurantiis, ca. 200 |j.. 

 diam., pilis simplicibus, rigidis, hyaliuis, septatis, apice obtusis, 

 200-400 "^ 5-6 vestitis ; ascis clavatis, apice rotundato-obtusis, crasse 

 tunicatis, basi attenuato-stipitatis, octosporis, 120-140 « 18-20; 

 paraphysibus filiformibus, ramosis, hyalinis 1,5-2 ix. cr. ; sporidiis 

 oblique monostichis vel subdistichis, oblongo-fusoideis, 3-septatis, 

 40-50 « 7-8, hyalinis vel minutc flavidulis, basi curvato-rostratis 

 15-20^3. 



Hdb. ad folia Lauracea^ cujusdam prope S. Paulo, Brasilia. 



MASSEEA Sacc. — Syll. VIII p. 488, XVI p. 746. 



1. Masseea albo-pruinosa Rick in Ann. Mycol. 1904, pag. 246. — 3543 

 Ascomatibus gregariis, sessilibus vcl substipitatis, coracois, disco 

 molli, primitus globosis, totalitor pruina alba conspcrsis, deinde 

 apertis, flavo-virescentibus, usque 3 mm. latis, crassis, pulvinatis, 



